Wagon-loading device.



R. PEDERSON. WAGON LOADING DEVIGE. APPLIOATION FILED DEG.10, l907.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

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0 ATTORNE R. PEDBRSON.

WAGON LOADING DEVICE. APPLICATION riLED DEG. 10, 1907.

' 898,501, Patented Sept. 15,1908.

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WITNESSES: IN VEN TOR M Rfl/i UGI /EIDERO'O/Z 21m -R.. PEDBRSON.

WAGON LOADING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.10, 1907.

Patented Sept. 15,1908.

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INVENTOR 3 Rfismus Pips/won To all whom it may concern:

- aasnus-rnnnnson, or PARKERSBUBG, IOWA.

waeonoAnmG DEVICE.

seeca aaa of Letters Patent.

. Application filed December 1(.l, .'.l'90'2'. Serial. No. 405,575..

Be it known-that I, RASMUS P'EnERsoN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resldent 'of Parkersburg, Butler county,

'- Iowa, have'inventedcertain new and useful Improvements inWagon-Loading Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Wagon loading devices, and theobjects of my invention are to furnish, first, an improved removableframework; second, to provide a more convenient construction of forkorscoop; third, to render the device more convenient in its dumpingaction, and otherwise to efiect decidedimprovements in construction andoperation over my wagonloading device which was patented by the UnitedStates under Number 843,695,0n February 12th, 1907, and the device of asimilar character shown in my United States application for a patent,Serial Number 366,922. These objects I have accomplished by the meanswhich are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustratedin the accompanying' drawings, in which I I Figure 1 is a side elevationdiagram of my complete wagonloading device as applied to a manurespreader; Fig. 2-is an enlarged detail side elevation of the-interactingcable drums mounted on 'the rear portion of the wagon pole. Fig. 3is anenlarged detail side elevation of the loading scoop. Fig. f'is a rearelevation of said scoop, and Fig. 5 is an upper plan view of the same.Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverse section taken along the line (i in Fig.1, and showsa rear elevation of the front frameupriglits. f Fig. 7 is anenlarged detail side elevation of the automatic trip and catch deviceused for dumping the contents of said scoop; Fig. 8 is an upper planview of the parallel horizontal bars of said trip and catch device asdetached fronr the carriage thereof, and Fig.9 is a central verticalaxial section of the interacting cable drums shownin side elevation inFig. 2.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views. I

-My improved wagon loading device is. herein represented as det'achablymounted upon a manure spreader. The manure spreader is of an ordinarytype having a wagon-boX- 10-9 mounted on front carrying1 wheels 48 andrear carrying wheels 49, an I sup. lied at oneen'd with a beater-drum30. The supporting frame for my device is constructed as follows:Vertical pintles ex tending from vangle-bars 2-9 are arranged along theouterfaces of the wagon-sides as shown, and secured thereto by bolts 8'2equipped with nuts3'4. As shown the u rights .32, having seats orsocketsv at their 'owerendsfor' the-'pintles 70, are set vertically at alocation over said wagon-be 109; nearly midway-between the front andrear carrying wheels. Thefront uprights 32" have. a' cross-brac'e-rod 86spaced a desired distance above the" wagon-box, but

enough as not to interfere with the passage of the scoop thereo'ver,such brace bemg passed through orifices in the uprights and securedthereto by nuts 33. transverse tubular beam 73 is connected to the endsof said-uprights by means of couplings 65. Therear uprights 27 aresimilarly secured tothe wagon-box, and secured together b a crossrod 28and a top-beam with coup ings, but

are tilted rearwardly at a suflicient angle as shown in order to 'be inthe lineof greatest strain over the rear of the box tosustain the weightof the scoop in action and. while being strengthened by means of'corner-braces 83' secured to the cross-rods 73 by means of bolts 82 andnuts 85, and t?) the uprights 32 and 27 by means of bolts84 and nuts 31and 25- respectively. 1

. The numeral 2 designates a tube resting upon and projecting yond thecross-beams 73 to the front and rear. The numeral 1 designates a Y -beamof the same length as and arallel the tube below it, and locate a shortdistance below the cross-beams 73. Hanger-bolts 8, .4, and 6 are usedtosuspend the Y-beam 1 from the tubular beam 2 at front, intermediate andrear points thereof, respectively. The numerals 7 and 5 designateupright extending'from the tube 2 near its front and rear. endsvertically, and threaded at their upper ends to receive the nuts 99 and100',

between which truss-rods 81 are seated, the 'outer'ends of thetruss-rods being secured to the cross-beams 73 by the bolts 82 and nuts-85. The numeral 3 designates a longitudinal truss-rod for the tubularbeam 2.

The numerals 90 and 91 designate side braces for the uprights 32 and 27,connected respectively between the fastem'n 's at 31 and 28, and at 33and 25, respective y. Braces I01 connect. the front uprights '32 to thefront lifted; The upper angles of the'fr'ame are end of the wagon-boxi109. This whole.

structure may be removed from the wagonbox, and its parts knocked downeasily. for transportationi v A traveling carriage '9 is adapted to movelongitudinally along and suspended from the Y.- rail or beam 1. Thecarria e has a side framework oneach' side s ace apart, and having frontand rear stan ards 96-, 'to'which the vhorizontal parallel bars 72spaced-apart.

are secured by means of the bolts an 11- respectively-at rear andin'front: The rear portions of thebars '7 2 are brought closertoconnectedhanger 103, so that said hook will tably mounted.

" the- Y-rail edges.

gether, and are connected by bolts'12 and 98, and on the bolt 12 a smallpulley: 94 is rotarear portion of the rail 1. When t e head of.

the contact-piece 103 is forced down by the stop-piece 95, the hook 102is released from the hook 104, leaving the scoop with'its pulley 20 freeto move downward with the slackened ro e or cable 26. When-the carriagemoves orward out of contact with the stop 95, a spring 105 will lift thehook 102 and catch and. retain the hook' 104 when the scoop has beendrawn uptight to the carriage,

The rollers 92 of the carriage are adapted to run along the uppersurfaces of. Tothe rear part of the frame 97 the rear' end of the cable26 is secured, and the latter passes about the pulleys 93in saidcarriage 9 and is brought forward, as shown in Fig. 1, to pass aboutpulleys 35; and 36 pivoted'to the front end of the'bax 51,

.and thence wound around and secured to the drum 64.

-t e said cable. the slack part of the cable 26.betwe en the front andrear pulleys-93 ofthe carriage 9;

If desired the forward end of the cable 26, may be connectedindependentof .thedrum 64, to any other draft appliance, and left as indicated bythe reference numeral 38 as a plied to the dotted forward extension of-The pulley 20 rests upon The device shown in Figs. '2 and 9 is used whenit is desired to actuate the cable 26 by traction applied to thedetachablefront part 1060f the two-part pole 47.

The numerals 59 and 64 designate drums, having toothedcounter-part'faces' on their contacting sides, and the drum 64 is adated to slideon their coinmonshaft51 The rum 64 has a hub containingafcircumferential' groove into which di s the incurved end of afin er 41extending om a slide on the outer .en of 'said shaft 51. When the slideis moved in one direction the'dru'ms are thrown into mesh witheachotherfbu t disengaged from each other when thrown inthe other,d1rect1on... A ratchetwheel 52 is integral 'with the outer face of thedrum 64. The hand-lever 37 has its lower end pivoted to a bracket55.-extending from the standard 42, which is secured to the pole 47 bybolts 57 and nuts,58.. A guard pawl 56 is pivoted to the bracket 55 toengage the teeth of said ratchet-wheel, and a s ring -53 connectedbetween said awl and the standard 42 tends to-keep t e pawl inengagement.

- To the'lever 37 the slides 39 and 40 are pivoted. The slide 39contacts .with the outer face of'the ratchet-wheel 52 and when .thelever is thrown toward the ratchet,- the slide "39 which, as isindicated in its detached lan view,is diminished in width from the evertoward its outer end, drives the drum 34 laterally bysliding it alongtheshaft 51, so that its teeth on its furthenface emnesh withthe teethon the adjacent face 'of the drum 59. When theylever 37 is moved in thereverse direction,the' slide 39" is withdrawn releasing the drum 64 sothat the other vslide 40, which is formed to diminish in width from itsouter end toward said lever, maypush out the finger 41 to draw away anddisengage the drum 64 from the drum 59, so that the latter may berotated independently of the other. The outer end of the slide 4O haslaterally projecting lugs to prevent its withdrawal from contact withthe finger 41.

I have shown in Fig.1 a draft. device, being a two-part tongue orwagon-pole composed of a detachable part 106 and a rear portion47connected to the running-gear of the wagon 1.09. The front art. 1.06 iscon nected by means of side-r0 s 107 with the plates l08 adapted toslide over the sides of the rear part '47. The plates 108 have sidestandards 43 and 46, with rollers to bear against.the-u per and lowersurfaces of 47,

'the rear stanc ards 46 having pivotally connected thereto a hook 88.adapted to slide rearwardly over a lug on-47 and catch to hold" the, twoparts of said pole together. The doubletree is pivoted to a crossbar onstandards 44 arising from the plates 108.- To other 1 standards 45 onsaid plates is connected the forwardend of a short cable 63 secured toand wound about the drum 59. When the team is moved forward, the draftfrom thedouble-tree is communicated to the cable 63,

the drum .59 is wound up carrying with it i the connected drum 64, andulling for ward the cable26 rolled about t e drum 64 The hook 88, beforestarting forward, is disengaged from the lug on the polespart 47.

'A coiled spring 61 in the drum 59 is con-.

.nected to it and to its shaft-'1, and wound up when the drum 59lSlOtfitBd by the for- ;ward-traction When the team has arrived extremeforward. limit of its movehehand-lever 37 should be so-shifted 3 4117.{the drum 64 out of enggement Wltllgiihfl. drum 59, so that the co l.theslack-cable 63.. In practice the Y-rail' 1 iscslightly inclined downwardrearwardly, so that when the scoop 17 has been dumped and the twowinding-drums disengaged so that the drum 64 may rotate freely ina'reverse-direction, the rolling carriage for said scoop will movebackward'impelled by its own weight alone.

The forward end of a cable -70 is fastened to a swivel l5 securedto themiddle tooth 77 '20; of the scoop 17-, at a point to the rear of thescoops center of gravity' The'cable 70 is I assed about the pulley 94and its rear end eft free as shown. I If desired, however, the rear endof the cable 7 0 may be secured to a g 2 5' hook at theendofthespreader-box 109 1 leaving 'suflicient slack to permit it to act uponthe scoop to-allow the latter to move to a desiredsta'tion over the box,at which 7 place the forward traction causesthexscoop 30 to' dump itselfautomatically, as is indicated a transverse rods 66 and 67, with spacingcylinders; about said-rods between the tines as shown at 78 and 109respectively. The side 4'0 tines and the middle tine 77 are extendedarther back and bent upwardly and secured,

gather at their'upperr'ear ends by a transrsie rod 68, with like spacingcylinders 76 with a plate 80 properly secured thereto.Bracing-connections 74 extend between the outer pairs of tines, andother braces 1101 ex-- pivotal connection 65 with the outer tines at."

points near the center lineof gravity of the scoop. A'chain 19 connectsthe middle of the bail 22 with the rear end of the scoop to limitforward movement of said bail.

The numeral 16'designates side braces extending from middle points ofthe outer tines '17'to intermediate portions of the braces 18, thelatter extending along the .sides of the scoop from front to rear.

In order to guide the scoop whlle being used to excavate material Ihave' provided handles 14 pivotally connected thereto to extendrearwardly. The front ortion of each handle is bent downward an rocks inbearto, ause theslide 40 to move the finger. 41

led up 61- may unwind, rolling aboutsaid 10 rum between them on saidrod. The upper side 7 45of the rear portion of the scoop is covered edto ride upon the slack of said cable eings bracketed to the side tines17 to'extend inwardly thereof. A plate 13'is fastened to each side tine17 to extend rearwardly into the path of movement of the handle, toprevent the handle from swinging outwardly where it'might engage withthe spreader or track-supports while being carried over the spreader.

When the *filled scoop has been elevated, the continued draft of theforwardly moving 75 cable .26 pulls the carriage 9 away from the stop,and the catch engages the hook of the pulley-block connected to thescoop, the scoop moving forward along the suspended rail to thepointselected for dumping. the end of the rear cable 70 is held by the op-'erator, he simply pulls on the cable when the scoop has arrived at thedesired dumping location, and the rear upper part of the scoop isthereby elevated, which causes the scoop to turn vertically anddischarge its load. In

case the cable 70 is fastened at some part of its length to the hook 50situated on the rear part of the spreader-box 109, the scoop can onlytravel ahead as far as the slack of such cablepermits, when the forwardtraction of the cable 26-coupled with the rearward pull of thecable 70causes the scoop to dump automatically, as before described.

' In cases where the device is mounted on'a vehicle not supplied with myimproved twopart pole, the traction may be supplied direct tothe cable26 by a horse, Whose tugs are connected to a swingle-tree secured to theforward end of the cable.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a wagon'loading device, the combination with a wagon, of a beamremovably supported thereabove, a track-rail suspended from and arallelto said beam and adapted toswing t erefrom on hanger-bolts, such railtilted support, a fork or 's'coop mounted to travel in suspension fromsaid beam and track-rail, and a trip-rope connected to the said fork orscoop and ada ted to cause the latter to dump, by reason 0 a-tractiveefl'or thereon, its load into the wagon-box at any desiredlocation. g

'2. In a wagon loading device, the combination with a wagon, ,of a trackrail remov ably supported thereover, a carriage mounted upon said trackrail and adapted to move longitudinally thereover, a cable having oneend secured to said carriage with its forward end passed over a ulleypivoted in the carriage, a pulley bloc having its pulley ada ttween itsfixed and slidable connections with said carriage, a fork or scoopsuspendedfrom said pulley-block, a contact-piece on one end of saidtrack rail, a hook on said pulleyblock, a movable catch-.011 saidcarriage ada ted to interlock with the said hook and hol said fork orscoop insuspension from the carriage, said contact-piece being adaptedto trip said catch and release saidhook there-' from, and means fordumping said .fork. or

scoop in a desired location. v

3. In a wagon loading device, the combination 'with a wa on, of atrackrail supported longitudina ly and removably thereover, a fork or' scoopmounted to travel in suspension from said track rail to a position fordumping-into the wagon-box, a tractioncable attached to the upper partof said scoop :and extending forwardly to some means for exercising atractive effort, a cable attached to the rear part of said fork or scoopand having a slidab e connection with said track rail, the rear end orportion of said last-mentioned cable to the rear of its slidableconnection being secured'to any suitable fixed body to causeit toautomatically dump said fork or scoop when the latter is by means of thetraction of the first-mentioned cable brought to a desired location overthe wagon-box.

4. In a'wagonloading device, the combination with a wagon, of a trackrail located thereabove, a separable tubular framework r'emovablysupported on said wagon and adapted'to sustain said track railinsuspension, a carriage rovided with rollers adapted to travel lengtwise along and upon said track rail, said carriage having. a pulleypivoted in its forward lower portion, a cable whose end is passed oversaid pulley and secured to the lower rear part of said carriage,-

a 'fork or scoop slidably suspended on the 4 "slack of the cable betweenthe said pulley and the cables'connection to the rear end of thecarriage, a pulley-pivotedto the rear end of said carriage, and asecondcable connected to the rear u per part of said fork or scoop and'passedaout the pulley on therear end of said carriage to depend therefrom' andbe connected to some-means of tractive effort.

- nationwith' a wagon, of a fork or scoop '5. In a Wagon loading device,the combimounted for travel over said wagon, means for supportingsaldfork or scoop n 1ts travel 1 I over said wagon, means of detaching itthere from, a draft cable connected to said fork or scoop carriedforward therefroin and secured about a rotatable drum, means forrotating said drum to exercise a tractive effort onsaid cable, aratchet-wheel secured to said drum to rotate therewith, and aguard-pawl-in e11 gagement with the teeth of said ratchet- -Nov. 1907. 1

wheel and adapted to permit it to rotate only in one direction.

- In a Wagon nation with a wagon, o a knock-down supporting frameremovably connected thereto and thereover, a fork or,scoop mounted totravel under and in sus ension from-said supvporting frame, said for l;or scoop being rovided with a plurality of forward exten tines, handlespivotallgf connected-to the fork or scoop ada'p'te to swing mwardly' orrearwardly into lmewith the sides of; the.

scoop, and means for 1preventing said handles from swinging latera youtward beyond the linesofthe sides of the scoop. i

7. In a wagon loading device, the. combiloadin' device, the combinationwith a wagon, of a forkor scoop' mounted to' travel thereover, said scoo'having a plurality of tines, a horizontal y but non-vertically movablesupporting device suspended above said wagon, and a "cable connected tothe rear end ofsaid fork orv scoop andslidably movable about saidmovable supporting device with its rear end depending therefrom, and .afixed connection with the rear end of said Wagon for the rear end ofsaid cable, whereby the said scoop is dumped in a desired location insaid wagonbox when it has been carried forward to the extent of thelength of said cable.

8'. In a wagon loading device, the combination with a wagon, ofpintlessecured to the sides thereof, tubular uprights removably suported on said pintles, cross-tubes removab y connected between theupper ends of rail, a fork or scoop suspended rom and de tachablyconnect-ed'to said carnage, means for moving said carriagelongitudinally along said'track rail, and means sh'dably connectedbetween said carriage and said'fork or scoop adapted to dump the latterin a predeter mined location. 1

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 21st day of RAs Us PEDERSON. W'itnessesiBURR, G. KENNEDY..

